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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Sure! We’d love to have you home and spend more time with you! Can we get together for dinner next week to talk about expectations on both sides to make sure it will be mutually agreeable?”

Then talk about who pays for what, how parking will work, expectations for chores, etc. same thing you would do if you were renting out a room in your house to anyone else.[/quote]

LOL nobody talks like this with their kids.[/quote]

I'm the PP who made the list of what we expect of our adult kids who live with us.  Before they moved back (and it wasn't a single transaction), we met with them at a restaurant (neutral territory) and laid out our expectations.  I think everyone is happy that we were all open and laid out the ground rules.  Expectations are clear.  I intend to do this again with my college daughter when she comes home for the summer.

And, frankly, there is no good reason that my spouse and I get the two best parking spaces at our house except that we are the ones who pay the bills and own the house.  Occasionally, one of them will park in our spaces if we are expected to be out of town and we have to park elsewhere when we come home early.  But, that's different than being disrespectful and parking in your parents' parking spaces and not moving your vehicle when asked.  If my kids did that, we would have a lot of problems living together.  Not because of parking arrangements, but because of respect.  [/quote]

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